Ridley Scott To Direct New Blade Runner Movie 288
In his first accepted submission, fwarren writes "Alcon Entertainment, best known for the movie The Blind Side, purchased the rights to Blade Runner earlier this year. The next order of business? Hire Ridley Scott. Scott has signed on to make a new Blade Runner movie. At this point it is not known whether it will be a sequel or a prequel. With no script or writer at this point, I think it is safe to say it will be a roller coaster ride for the next few years."
If it was anyone other than Ridley Scott (Score:5, Funny)
The news that Michael Bay was making it... (Score:2, Funny)
nearly sent me into screaming fits. You know, with Shea and Will Smith and other luminaries in staring roles.
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James Cameron? :-) (Score:2)
I would advocate pummeling the director to within an inch of their life. For Ridley Scott I would ask politely to reconsider before pummeling.
What if Ridley Scott hands it off to James Cameron? Sequels do not always go horribly wrong. :-)
Hint: imdb Alien and Aliens
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Celine Dion may find more work.
Titanic, never Cameron, never again.
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this is the only part that starts to make sense (not Cameron necessarily), but think of the difference between Alien and Aliens, now imagine the difference between Blade Runner (set on dystopian Earth) and Blade Runners (set in Tannhauser gate with lots of warrior replicants as semi-heroes instead of being the bad guys).
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I would advocate pummeling the director to within an inch of their life. For Ridley Scott I would ask politely to reconsider before pummeling.
Yeah. I cringed when I first heard about a new Blade Runner movie... But then I heard it was Ridley Scott... And now I'm just kind of confused.
Ridley Scott generally does good work. I can't think of a whole lot of movies he's done that I didn't enjoy. So that's definitely a step in the right direction.
And Blade Runner was certainly an interesting movie... Fairly complex world... I could easily see more stories being told in that setting...
But I just don't know where they'd go with the actual Blade Ru
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What was wrong with Transformers 2? I thought it was better than the first. 3 is even better.
Don't try to criticise the plot or anything like that - have you watched the original series recently? :p I think it's amazing how serious the Transformers movies can be taken, considering they're based upon toy alien robots that can transform into cars..
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I think that annoy kid spoils any film he is in.
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Of course any sequel can be worse. Imagine Total Recall redone by the Wachowski brothers, starring Ashton Kutcher. And Sharon Stone again.
A Blade Runner remake could have the plot revised by George Lucas (plenty of "who shot first" opportunities, not to mention Jar-Jar Gaff), be directed by Uwe Boll, and have a Rachel/Deckard love scene written by Lars von Trier.
Oh, and Vangelis replaced with Kanye West.
To be a bit more serious, the biggest risks I see with a Blade Runner remake are
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And cast Justin Bieber as Deckard?
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And cast Justin Bieber as Deckard?
No, but he could be a replicant and get blown to bits by Deckard. I could support that.
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And cast Justin Bieber as Deckard?
No, but he could be a replicant and get blown to bits by Deckard. I could support that.
Only if it happens in the first 30 seconds of the movie, before the title gets to roll in.
Otherwise.. thanks, but no, thanks... wouldn't like to see bieber face all the movie. Not even if it is repeatedly blown to bits.
Re:If it was anyone other than Ridley Scott (Score:4, Funny)
Cast Bieber as Priss
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Kill it with fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rachel/Deckard love scene by Lars von Trier (Score:2)
thanks alot. i was eating.
"Should stand as separately as possible" (Score:3)
"Over the course of one meeting, they hashed out how a new film would look, how it could avoid seeming too similar to the many movies that have since paid homage to the original, and how different the new film should be from the original itself. They eventually decided it should stand as separately as possible."
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when are they gonna re-make star wars? (Score:5, Funny)
man that was a good movie. with the little guy talking about 'meesa no jibber jabber', so great - a classic film. but think about how much they could improve it with modern special effects like computer graphics and realistic animation.
David Lynch (Score:4, Interesting)
I'd watch it if David Lynch remade Star Wars. It would just be a bunch of creepy synth music, incomprehensible dialog, and scenes with people and aliens standing around not saying anything.
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But boy, would he get the pinkish orange atmosphere of Naboo down pat!
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incomprehensible dialog, and scenes with people and aliens standing around not saying anything.
George Lucas already did that - they're called the prequels.
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And Darth Vader would be sucking on Nitrous Oxide. Actually, that scene with the robot factory in Episode Two stole a few things from Eraserhead.
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I'd pay to see an Eraserhead remake.
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How is it overrated, if critics gave that movie 58%? Maybe you should see an actually good rated movie like Eraserhead, Blue Velvet or The Elephant Man before drawing conclusions about the author?
Even good directors have their blunders.
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Oh yes, that's what Blade Runner needs - a HUGE cg budget and an even thinner plot. Did I mention a HUGE cg budget?
Throwing a HUGE cg budget is Hollywood's answer to everything.
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Has the day really arrived ... (Score:3)
man that was a good movie. with the little guy talking about 'meesa no jibber jabber', so great - a classic film
Has the day really arrived that when someone says "Star Wars" people think of episode 1 first?
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There is no Episode I. It's just IV, V, and VI. Period.
And really, I'd prefer just IV, V and the Tatooine portion of VI.
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And really, I'd prefer just IV, V and the Tatooine portion of VI.
Yes. Right up to - but not including - the ridiculously stupid and wasteful Boba Fett death scene.
No Respect (Score:4, Insightful)
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Cheer up, sport! There are a few things in Hollywood worth looking forward to. I'm been anticipating Cameron's "Battle Angel" adaptation for many years now. Ever since I saw this computer rendered action sequence [youtube.com] years ago, I've wondered how awesome a feature length adaptation would be. With the production work of "Avatar" as the proving ground for what he needs to shoot the movie, I've got high expectations! Incidentally, the original manga that "Battle Angel" is based on was heavily influenced by t
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Not everything has to be turned into a cash cow.
<Hollywood producer>Yes. Yes it does.</Hollywood producer>
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If so, there'd be a remake of "Citizen Kane" built around Murdoch's life.
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Unlike the Star Wars situation, nobody sofar seems to be intent on modifying the original Blade Runner at an attempt to substitute it. Making a prequel or sequel doesn't modify the original in any meaningful way, although having the same director on does muddy the water somewhat. Quite frankly I would have preferred another director picking up this project for exactly that reason.
Also, http://xkcd.com/566/ [xkcd.com] (in particular the bottom strip, of course)
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I, for one, liked the Tron sequel.
I also liked The Dark Knight.
The Toby Maguire reboot of Spiderman was enjoyable.
In the immortal words of the big DV, "I find your lack of Faith Disturbing"
How many bad Ridley Scott movies have there been? I'm going to try keep a positive outlook on this one.
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also true of shakespeare (Score:2)
and romeo and juliet... it had been done hundreds of times before!
Total Recall 2070 (Score:5, Informative)
It was short lived, but Total Recall 2070 was set in a hybrid Phillip K Dick universe that combined Blade Runner and Total Recall. It took place 20 years after the events of Blade Runner, kept a fair chunk of the aesthetic, and was pretty damn cool. It was a shame it only survived one season.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Total_Recall_2070 [wikimedia.org]
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Hey, thanks, I hadn't heard of it...
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wow
i have fond memories of that show
and i thought i was the only person that watched it
there's a whole universe of this weird syndicated content on late night american tv produced in some strange land that i've pieced together is referred to as canada
i've also admired davinci's inquest, about police politics in vancouver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Vinci's_Inquest [wikipedia.org]
and regenesis, about a molecular biologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReGenesis [wikipedia.org]
is canada some sort of unincorporated american territory somewh
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regenesis was brilliant. i thought the last series fell away a little, but still one of the best shows of it's kind
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good! a canadian with a sense of humor. i admire your country, but it's so easy to pull the arrogant american routine and get a canadian foaming at the mouth. thank you sir, for not taking the flamebait ;-)
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You definitely weren't the only one watching it. :)
Total Recall 2070 was half the reason I bought a Tivo. It ran after-hours, along with The Crow: Stairway to Heaven. (Another short lived show that deserved to survive longer.) I missed a pair of episodes one week, and the next day I went out and bought a Tivo. Sadly, the Tivo outlasted them both.
It depens on Harrison Ford (Score:3)
If he is getting older, it should be a sequel, if on the other hand he is getting younger, then it should be a prequel.
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Is Harrison Ford getting older? Has anyone confirmed this?
most of the cast is still around (Score:2)
edward james olmos, rutger hauer, crazy sean young, daryl hannah, joe turkel... heck get vangelis to write a new score
brion james died unfortunately (leon)
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James Hong is also still around. And I met both Hong and Joseph Turkel at San Diego Comic-Con in 2007. Hong was getting a lot of love not just for Dr. Chew, but also for that immortal dude he played in "Big Trouble In Little China." But Turkel was barely visited, so we got to talk. Politics, Blade Runner, Old Hollywood, and other cool subjects. He signed an 8 x 10. I paid for it, because he was donating his share of the money to Doctors Without Borders, a truly deserving cause. He asked me "OK, what Tyrell
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"if you only you could see what i've seen, with your eyes"
best line in the movie
james hong cameo in Blade Runner 2: Electric Doggie Doo please
Re:It depens on Harrison Ford (Score:4, Interesting)
If he is getting older, then the Deckard is not a replicant. That solves that debate.
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Ah yes, Deckard, replicant or not. Wouldn't we like to know that one.
Re:It depens on Harrison Ford (Score:4, Insightful)
Not the point of the book (slight book spoilers... (Score:3)
Nooo! That's the whole point of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Actually, unless we read different books, the point of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was "so what? are you sure there's a difference?"
The book is (mainly) about Deckard discovering that many things around him were fake. It is also glaringly obvious in the book that the VK test for replicants was actually a test of belief in the dominant (fake) religion (which was heavy on empathy and being kind to animals - c.f. the questions in the VK test). His wife wakes up in the morning and dials up her mood fo
If we have a Blade Runner sequel (Score:3)
I suggest that Scott lay the groundwork for "VALIS: Electric Boogaloo."
Of course.... (Score:5, Funny)
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Not very sporting to shoot at an unarmed opponent without giving the other guy a chance...
I dunno if they can replicate the success (Score:2)
Haha get it
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Of the first one
Haha get it
The first one was a box office flop and got generally unfavorable reviews. Get your facts straight. It stayed around as a cult film, and over time, especially with the release of the Director's Cut, the critics came around, and it made enough money in total to justify the sequel.
And, yes I get it. They are androids BTW, not replicants.
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Perhaps the "Haha get it" was meant for both the "replicate" as well as the "success" parts?
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Well, if Ridley Scott is successful, the only way to tell the two films apart would be to apply the Voight-Kampff test [wikipedia.org].
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Well, if Ridley Scott is successful, the only way to tell the two films apart would be to apply the Voight-Kampff test [wikipedia.org].
Yes, but how many questions would it take?
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Yes, but how many questions would it take?
None - just monitor the viewer's pupil dilation, heart rate, skin resistance during the movie.
If its the typical modern blockbuster with loads of flash effects and action but no soul, it'll be flatline.
Oh come on. (Score:2)
That's it, I give up.
Bittorrent is competiton. (Score:4, Funny)
Kind of ironic that they crack down on illegal copies then continue to copy themselves.
writers (Score:3)
why does everything sci-fi have to be a remake, re-imagining, sequel or prequel?
seriously, aren't there any writers in Hollywood with imaginations any more, or even the chops to do a decent book adaptation?
Re:writers (Score:5, Informative)
It's not the writers. There are lots of writers in Hollywood who would love to write original stories, and original film ideas get pitched all the time. The suits at the studios often just don't want to take the risk with something new and original because sequels and remakes come with built-in name recognition and are a safer way to ensure a film will make money. Writers have to make a living, so they take whatever jobs they can get, and often that means writing tired, unoriginal sequels and remakes because those are the only jobs available.
mod parent up. (Score:2)
Tales from the Script [imdb.com] The industry has a funny way of treating such critical talent.
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Did you notice it was produced by 'Anonymous'?
2019? (Score:2)
How does that work? 2019 is only 8 years away at this point. I think it's pretty clear we're not going to have any flying cars by then.
more to come (Score:5, Funny)
I can't wait for Blade Runner vs. Alien.
Again? (Score:3)
I remember after finishing on 5th element I interviewed with The Mill in london. They PROMISED me that if I would just sign up I'd be working on "Millennium" the working title for Blade Runner II. I thought that would be cool so I said sure, but when they offered me less then a living wage to live in London, I had to pass.
Nice to see that ploy still works.
Remake first... (Score:2)
...then later on they can make sequels.
Nothing more horrible about movies than 20-40 year old sequels, it simply won't match.
Max 5 years timespan between sequels!
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Tron would like a word with you.
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Tron would like a word with you.
Was that a sequel? I thought when you used modern techniques to tell pretty much the same story it was called a "remake"?
Hauer wants to call it, "Replicant with a shotgun" (Score:2)
I for one, welcome our replicant overlords... (Score:2)
Seriously though, this is GOOD news.
Ridley Scott is a master. Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, American Gangster, Matchstick Men...all come to mind as great films over his long career.
I recall Scott's comments on the Alien Quadrilogy DVD set, basically saying that there was no need for a "director's cut" of Alien because he was perfectly happy with the original.
So I really don't think he would screw up a new Blade Runner film.
It is impossible for a new film to compare to the first...Blade Ru
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Don't forget Robin Hood, where it was Mr. Scott's decision to rewrite it into the standard folklore, with big battles and Higgins boats.
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I'd love to see altered carbon but I doubt we will because of actor egos. How do you convince the cast that while the character is the same (lead protagonist), you need multiple actors to play it, so no single actor gets the screen throughout ?
It can only go one of two ways... (Score:2)
I'm getting a sense that this is going to be a digital event. It will either be an extraordinary masterpiece of cinema, considering the power a great director has today to fulfill a vision, or it will be the worst mind-numbing, steaming heap of CGI dung to ever grace celluloid. The best or worst of this is that it will almost certainly glory or stench in 3D.
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Inception - that was original, but they only let Nolan make it cos of all the cash Batman had raked in. On the other hand if Ridley Scot says "I'm making X" then will the studios simply front the cash? I like to think so, and that's a good sign.
How about releasing Directors Cut first this time? (Score:2)
Film noire, please. No "international" version, just start with enough boobs and blood in the first place. No Harrison Ford, though? Really? Let's hope the story (if any) follows the idiotic Deckard-is-a-Skinjob like Rachel and Roy-Priss's boy comes down from Tannhauser Gate to discuss eugenics with Deckard-Rachel's twin girls. Rise of the planet of the grapes of wrath.
Kill it with fire! (Score:2)
Maybe Hollywood needs to go up in flames too...
As long as... (Score:3)
As long as Harrison Ford doesn't run around like he's 25 in the movie. In fact, he should step aside for some new young talented actor. Like.... Um.... Shia LaBeouf? Crap. Now I know why he was in crystal skull.
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Well, if they cast Nathan Fillion as Deckard and Summer Glau as Rachael they'll have all the Browncoats turn up to see it.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... (Score:3)
Deckard Vs. Hans Solo (Score:2)
or Deckard vs. Indiana Jones
or all three together.
It *will* suck (Score:4, Insightful)
I have studied Blade Runner. You'd need a mighty fine, mind-blowing script to even come near to the original. Mind you, half of what Made Blade Runner so good was, what was NOT said, as what was implied. The dialog in the film is terse, tight, and very carefully worded. It's like a Phillip Glass composition, in that there's only in there what needs to be in there and nothing more. Seriously go back and look at it, and then think about what's the undertone behind each line in the film.
Like a film noir detective movie, everyone is a suspect, and everyone is hiding some secret. It's not cut and dry, but layered.
Hollywood doesn't know how to do a film like that anymore. Now it's cartoon characters and explosions, and everything is at face value, spoon-fed to the audience.
Then there's the look of the film. With the exception of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, *nothing* looked like Blade Runner. The film is so groundbreaking is this respect, I don't even know where to begin. Did you ever even hear the word "Dystopian" before Blade Runner? It literally *invented* cyberpunk -- there's no doubt that Gibson was influenced by the film when he wrote his novels in the way he describes BAMA or Chiba.
A new film would have to be above-board exceptional. Script, Characters, Cast, Visuals, Music, Director. When Blade Runner was made, everyone involved was at the top of their game. It's rare to get such a talented crew in one place at one time. Think about the names involved in that production, Scott, Mead, Ford, Hauer, Vangellis, Fancher -- I mean, this crew was kind of a magical occurrence of talent that doesn't happen often.
I have a friend who just doesn't "get" this film. He says it's about a guy who has to kill a bunch of replicants who are going to die anyhow. And yes, if you're watching the surface of the film, it's a pointless exercise, after all, if they are going to die soon, why bother shooting them?
But that's not what the film is *about*. Just ask Rob Zombie, who's most famous song is about Blade Runner. Blade Runner is a deep, deep film. It's an abyss in a Nietzsche-esque sense.
It's not likely to be "replicated" or topped, or sequel'ed. All another film based in that universe is going to do is remind us of how brilliant the original was.
Re:RIDLEY IS ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE !! (Score:4, Insightful)
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What grave?
(and more importantly,)
What are you smoking?
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Remember the 8 second call to Rachel when he was at Taffy Lewis' place cost $1.25.. so Ridley was ahead of his time predicting cell phone charges in the future. :)
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Anyway it expensive to actually make something with artistic integrity, and a use real writers and stuff. Its just better to put a fresh coat of paint on something Stan Lee did in the 60s, and hope CGI will hide the fact that the plot is simplistic and the acting nonexistent.
Check out indie films, movies for adults (no I don't mean making the beast with two heads) with a plot you can't guess in the first 5 minutes, dialogue that actually makes sense and sounds like something real people might say and often
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Now why the hell did this come out as AC? I'm logged on, damn you Slashdot!
You can have that (Score:2)
I'd quite like to see a truer adaption of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. While it obviously shares much in common with Blade Runner its story and world have (to me at least) a very different, and just as appealing, flavour to Blade Runner.
No need - first watch the film, then read the book and let your brain insert the visuals. Perfection.